University representatives and education administrators from China and Thailand met in Beijing on Oct. 29 for a high-level dialogue on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education and how universities in the two countries can work closer.

The China-Thailand University Leaders Dialogue, held under the theme of forging a shared future for higher education in the digital era, was a parallel forum of the 27th China Annual Conference and Expo for International Education (CACIE 2026).

Wen Jun, vice president of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and deputy secretary of the CPC UIBE Committee, attended the forum and chaired its first session, focusing on AI-driven transformation in talent cultivation models.

In her remarks, Wen noted that universities in both countries have put AI to work. She highlighted how leading Thai universities are leveraging data to reform teaching, redesign courses and improve administrative efficiency, while Chinese universities eye AI-empowered innovation across industry-university-research collaboration.

During the forum, UIBE signed memorandums of understanding with two Thai institutions: Prince of Songkla University and Thammasat University.

The forum was jointly organized by the Double First-Class University Network of the China Education Association for International Exchange (DFUN-CEAIE), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Thailand's Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation.

It concluded with the release theConsensus on Deepening China-Thailand University Collaboration in the Digital Era, which calls for closer exchanges and cooperation between universities in the two countries to advance sustainable development.